NOTICE: The Stainless Steel Build Platform or Build Platform 2 is required for printing with Alumina 4N Resin. When printing with the Build Platform 2, printed parts cannot be released using the part release paddles. Alumina 4N Resin has unique printing and post-processing requirements compared to other Formlabs resins. Read this Quick Start Guide before attempting to print with Alumina 4N Resin. NOTICE: To safely handle resin, follow Formlabs’ general safety and handling recommendations and read and understand the safety data sheet (SDS). At room temperature, Alumina 4N Resin has a shelf life ..read more

PostProcess and Proto3000 Announce Partnership to Provide Superior Resin Removal Solutions to Dental Customers in North America. Buffalo, NY, USA, September 20, 2023 – PostProcess Technologies, the leading provider of automated and intelligent post-processing solutions for 3D printed parts, announces its new partnership with Proto3000, a premier provider of 3D printing solutions and services. Proto3000 will now serve as a channel partner as part of this collaboration, offering PostProcess solutions to dental customers across the United States and Canada. Proto3000 will leverage its expertise a ..read more

Maximize additive manufacturing production with new post-processing kit, materials and software solutions. On September 12th, 2023, Formlabs launched three new products and announced Open Platform, a new solution to expand access to digital fabrication: Fuse Depowdering Kit | All-in-one manual post-processing kit allows customers to easily clean SLS parts and recover and mix used powder to prepare for the next print. Efficiently recovers and reuses used powder using the scoop and vibration sifter, minimizing waste and boosting ROI. Effortlessly switch between materials without the hassle of c ..read more

Formlabs introduces the most affordable ceramic 3D printing ecosystem in the world! Shop now Alumina 4N Resin is a high-performance technical ceramic with 98.6% relative density and 99.99% purity, with exceptional performance in extreme environments: thermally resistant (maintaining a flexural strength of 380 GPa, maximum working temperature of 1500°C), hard (Hardness HV10 of 1370), abrasion resistant, mechanically strong (Young’s modulus of 380 GPa), and chemically inert. View Brochure You can now ditch expensive tooling and molds for geometric freedom, reduced production costs, and a quicker ..read more

Biocompatible 3D printing for healthcare came of age when the COVID pandemic set in. The almost instant supply chain issues affected the availability of PPE (personal protective equipment) for frontline healthcare workers. The additive manufacturing industry, including Proto3000 quickly sprang into action. They turned their capacity towards 3D-printed PPE to fill much of the gap. And they couldn’t have done it without biocompatible 3D printing materials. PPE is in contact with human skin for extended periods. So, biocompatible materials are required for PPE, along with printing in approved fac ..read more

On October 11th, 2022, Siemens and Desktop Metal, Inc., global leaders in digitalization and additive manufacturing technologies, announced a multi-faceted partnership to accelerate the adoption of additive manufacturing (AM) for production applications with a focus on the world’s largest manufacturers. Siemens’ portfolio of IoT-enabled hardware, software and digital services will further propel Desktop Metal’s accessible, reliable and easy-to-use additive manufacturing 2.0 solutions. “Additive Manufacturing plays a crucial role as horizontal technology for many industries on their way to imp ..read more

On September the 15th, 2022, Desktop Health® announced a new partnership with Keystone® Industries to make a broad range of Keystone 3D printing dental resins available on the Einstein 3D printers. Desktop Health is a healthcare business within Desktop Metal, and Keystone Industries is a trusted dental manufacturer of biocompatible, cutting-edge, patented photopolymer resins. KeySplint Soft is an FDA-510(k) cleared 3D printing resin for fabricating flexible nightguards, dental splints, and bleaching trays. This DLP-optimized resin combines the strength needed to protect teeth with added flexib ..read more

What’s the biggest news about the future of 3D printing in dental offices? The fact that it’s estimated to be a $6.5 billion market by 2025 is fairly big. Many industries have benefited from 3D printing technology, but few as much as dentistry. The reasons for that are extensive. First, almost every dental appliance must be tailor-made to fit a patient’s mouth and teeth. The materials used are also very costly. Traditional manufacturing methods meant customizations were painstaking. And there was more loss of materials in their manufacture. The result was high labour costs and higher materials ..read more

Inconel 625 metal alloy is now qualified across Desktop Metal®’s portfolio of metal 3D printing systems. Desktop Metal®, a leader in additive manufacturing technologies for mass production, has now qualified Inconel 625 metal alloy for the Shop System™, the world’s best-selling metal binder jet system. IN625 for High-Strength, High-Performance Flexibility This material is a high-performance nickel alloy known for high levels of strength, temperature resistance, and corrosion resistance — making it a popular material choice for aerospace, chemical processing, and offshore energy industries. How ..read more

From artificial limbs to customized medical instruments, 3D printing improves healthcare delivery as much as it helps any industry. And the use of 3D printing during the COVID pandemic is a great example of how. Of course, few of us will forget the immediate response to the first wave of COVID, which was to lockdown just about everything and everyone. But one exception was the healthcare industry, particularly frontline healthcare workers. They had to work more. It was almost impossible to predict the repercussions of a near-complete lockdown. One almost immediate consequence was the disruptio ..read more